My 1.5 year old son didn’t want to get in his car seat. He wasn’t responding to the choices I was giving him and instead was fighting me. I finally got him buckled in and wondered what Love and Logic skills I could use for a consequence for his sad decision. He is too young …

I started using my new Love and Logic® skills of empathy and going brain dead. My 4 year old daughter wasn’t too happy when I set a limit about eating snacks before dinner. She started arguing back and I calmly said “I know.” I could tell she was trying to figure out a way to …

Dear Kerry, We used to have 5 tantrums a day with my 2 1/2 year old little girl. After switching from time-outs to the Love and Logic’s “Uh Oh Song” we maybe have one a day. The best part is that now that I can redirect her behavior with just the words “Uh Oh.” It was …

I needed my 2.5 yr old daughter to pick up her toys. She ignored me so I said “I only read stories to girls who pick up their toys.” She still didn’t do it and got distracted putting on dress up gloves. I thought I’d give her another opportunity and said “I have pumpkin bread for kids …

After leaving our first Love and Logic class we picked up our kids from childcare. We got some animal crackers from the vending machine and were on our way to the car. Our 5 year old ran ahead of us and we asked her to come back several times. She ignored us. When I was buckling …

After our son threw water out of the bathtub I said, “What a bummer. It’s going to take a while to clean up the water so we won’t have time for books tonight.” He was devastated, but helped me clean up. He kept crying to read books and I used my brain dead statement and …

We always discuss in class about kids who will escalate to test the new skills mom and dad are using. It’s the old “short term pain for long term gain” adage. This mom thought it would be something only older kids would do, but preschoolers know how to escalate with hurtful words too. Luckily, this …

This mom shares her success story using the brain dead statement “I know” over and over again….. My 3 year old didn’t want any of the two choices I gave him for breakfast, so I picked one for him. He was not happy and kept throwing a fit. I empathetically used “I know” about six or …

Here’s a great idea shared by one of the parents in my Love and Logic Early Childhood Made Fun! parenting class: How do you teach your child to stay in her room when she wakes up too early? This alarm clock will glow green when it’s time to go or orange when it’s time to …

Those who know Love and Logic™ know the damage done by C.H.P.S. “Chronic Helicopter Parent Syndrome.” Parents who chronically rescue their kids from the consequences of their poor decisions create kids who are chronically irresponsible and chronically unhappy. “You are so weak that you can’t survive without me” is the unintentional yet very real message …